Holder for cigarettes and matches



April 10, 1951 A. F. SYVERUD HOLDER FOR CIGARETTES AND MATCHES Filed Aug. 14, 1948 FIJI Inventor Annar F Syverud mm' Attorney Patented Apr. 10, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT Annar F. Syverud, Minneapolis, Minn.

Application August 14, 1948, Serial No. 44,325

2 Claims. 1

This invention has relation to a holder for cigarettes and matches of character adapted to be mounted upon a support, such, for example, as the dash of an automotive vehicle.

An object of the invention is to provide a holder for cigarettes and matches which will be of simple, inexpensive, practical, new and improved construction.

A further object is to provide a holder for cigarettes and matches wherein will be incorporated desirable and improved features and characteristics novel both as individual entities of the holder and in combination with each other. I

And a further object is to provide a holder for cigarettes and matches of construction and operative in the manner as hereinafter set forth.

.With the above objects in View, as Well as others which will appear as the specification proceeds, the invention comprises the construction, arrangement and combination of parts as now to be fully described and as hereinafter to be specifically claimed, it being understood that the disclosure herein is merely illustrative and intended in no way in a limiting sense, changes in details of construction and arrangement of parts being permissible as long as within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the claims which follow.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a holder for cigarettes and matches made according to the invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, taken on line 22 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, taken on line 33 in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view, on'a reduced scale, disclosing the holder in open position.

Speaking generally, the holder whichthe invention presents is constituted as a pair of boxlike members, denoted II] and II, respectively. The box-like member ID is adapted to be mounted upon a support, as, for instance, the dash of an automotive vehicle, and the box-like member II is pivotally connected to said box-like member ID.

The box-like member II] is of rectilinear configuration. It consists of a base wall I2, comprising a rear wall of the holder, an end wall I3, at the upper end of said box-like member Ill, comprising a top wall of the holder, and spaced apart, parallel side walls I4, I4. Said spaced apart, parallel side walls I4, I4 are per-- pendicular to and connected with the end wall I3, the side walls I4, I4 and said end wall I3 meet at upper corners of the box-like member ID, all of the end and side walls I3, I4, I4 are perpendicular to the base wall I2, and the lower end of said box-like member ID is open.

I6. The spaced apart, parallel side walls I'I,

ll are perpendicular to and connected with the end wall I6, said side walls I1, I! and said end wall I6 meet at lower corners of the boxlike member II, all of the end and side walls I6, I'!, I! are perpendicular to the base wall I5, and the upper end of said box-like member II is open.

The side walls I1, I! and the extension portions I8, I8 are situated between and in contiguous relation to the side walls I4, I4, and the: extension portions I8, I8 are pivotally supported upon lower parts of the side walls I4, I4, by a transversely extending shaft I9 having its opposite end portions situated in said extension portions I 8, I8 and said side walls I4, I4, for swinging movement of the box-like member II relative to the box-like member I0 between a closed position, as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and an open position, as in Fig. 4.

The rearward edges 20, 20 of the extension portions IB, I8 are in oblique relation to" the end wall I6 to extend downwardly'and forwardly therefrom, away from the base wall I2 when the box-like member II is in closed position, both to permit swinging movement of said box-like member II away from the box-like 'member Ill and to provide stops for limiting the extent to which the box-like members can be swung apart. That is, lower portions of the rearward edges 20, 20 below the transversely extending shaft I9, engage the forward surface of the base wall I2 to limit the extent of opening movement of the box-like member II. Said box-like member II is disclosed in wide open position in Fig. 4, and engagement of lower portions of the rearward edges 20, 20 with the forward surface of the base wall l2 precludes swinging movement of the box-like members apart to an extent greater than disclosed in said Fig. 4. When the box-like member II is in closed condition, the rearward edges of its end and side walls'lfi, Il, ll desirably will be'contiguous with or closely adjacent to the forward surface of the base wall I2, about as disclosed in Figs. 2 and 3.

A curled spring 2|, upon the transversely extending shaft I9 and having its opposite ends secured to the end wall I6 and the base wall I2, respectively, is for normally urging the box-like member II to its wide open position, as in Fig. 4.

The construction and arrangement are such that the upper edge 22 of the base wall I5 will lie beneath and contiguous with or closely adjacent to the lower surface of the forward portion of 3 the end wall 13 of the box-like member ll] when the box-like member H is in closed condition, as in Fig. 2,- andz the uppert-edgesof the side walls l1, ll of said box-like member II are cut away,

as at 23, 23, to be clear of said end wall l3 thus,

to permit free swinging movement of the boxlike members relative to eachother.

A latch for retaining the box-like member H in it closed position, against action of-the'curled spring 2! tending to open said; mentioned; boxlike member, is constituted as a leaf spring 24 beneath the end wall 13 and having its rearward end riveted, as at 25, to said end wall l3. The leaf" spring 24 extends forwardlyand slightly downwardly from the location where it is secured ofasaid leafs'pring is'shaped to'provide an upwardlyr-facinghook;26::1 The construction and. arrangement are such that the-forward endv per-- tionrof: the leaf spring will extend through an openingilin an upper portion of the base wall matches constituted as a wall having a slot, a

generally; L-shape keeper mounted on an outer surface of said wall at a location spaced from said'slot, and a packet supporting member inl toith'eend wall.;l3, and thefo'rward end portion l5'when2thebox-like member I I is in closed conditionzandlthe .hook 26' will be. engaged against a forward; surface of said base wall l5 above and adjacentzto the; opening 21 thus'to retain said boxelikemember, ll in closed: condition: The hdOk? 26,;can be: manually depressed to allow the curled spring-2|. to swing the box-like member II to open position. Upon movement of said box-lik membersto'rclosed position, said hook 26 will be, urged by*theleaf spring Bil-into engagement; with the forward surface of the base wall l5=inxthe fas'tened closed conditionof said box-' like member H. The fastening and unfastening.

operation will be apparent from Fig; "2.

Theholder will beof size to contain a package of-rcigarettes'when' in closed positi'on,'and when the holder-is in open position the cigarettes will be accessible.

Openings 28 in the basewall 1.2 of the box-like;

member ID are for receiving. means for-mounting theyholderupon a support, as' upon thedash of anautomotive vehicle;

A supporting meansfor a packet of matches,

supported upon the base wall l5 of the'box-like member ll at-thek front thereof, is constituted asza bar ZS'andia keeper 3B for said bar. One end-:portion of said bar 29 is situated in an opening-.3l"'throughia partrof said base wallfl5 at a sideithereof: and'is-bent or shaped, as at :32, to provide a 'pivotalsupportfor the bar, and the otheriend portionofsaid'bar is situated beneath thezkeeper 302"- More explicitly stated, the pivotallyisupported end portion of the barr29 is bent' tots-shape and supported upon the base wall l5 incsuchmanner that'said'bar can be swung from and toward'saidbase'wall l5 and upwardly and downwardly, and the keeper 30.is adapted to re,- tain the bar.29lin slightly spaced, parallel relation to the baseiwall" I5. Said keeper as disclosed is constituted'asia generally 'L-shape clip having a shorter-arm thereof secured, as at 33, to the basecwalllS and extending forwardly therefrom andxa longer arm thereof extending downwardly in spaced, parallel relation to said base wall 15.

The supporting means above described is adaptedtoxretain a packet of matches in' such manner that the folder of said packet is situated and clamped between the bar 29 and the base wall lstandathe strikingpart of the packet faces forwardly; ,zThe bar 29 is releasable from the keeper 3cltin2orderthat packets of matches can be insertedinithei holder and: empty packets can be removed; The construction and arrangement 'de-' sirablyiwill bersuch; that the; folder of a packet eluding a flat, elongated bar adjacent said outer surface of said wall, a fiat S-shape end portion contiguous with said flat bar and extending; through said slot and a pair of ears contiguous with and projecting outwardly from oppositesides of said S-shape end portion at an end of said packet supporting -member .in direction. transversely of said elongated bar, situated adja-- cent an inner side of said wall and of dimension.

to preclude passage of said end of the packet" supporting member through said slot' in the wall;

whereby to provide for limited pivotal movement. of said packet supporting member in a plane parallel to said wall thus to permit said bar to be" moved into and out of engaged relation with said keeper;

2. A holder'for a package of cigarettes and a packet of matches, comprising a package re-" tainer' constituted as a first box-like member adapted to be mounted on a support, a second box-like member having a'front wall with a slot therein and a bottom supporting wall, one of said box-like members'providing oppositely disposedside supporting walls, and means pivotally saidfront wall, a generally L-shape keeper mounted on an outer-surface of said front wall at a location spaced from said slot, and a supporting member including a flat, elongated bar' adjacent the outer surface of said front wall, a flat, S-shape end portion contiguous-with said flat bar and extending through said slot in said front wall and a pair of ears contiguous with and projecting outwardly from opposite sides of said S-shape end portion at an end of said'supporting member in direction transversely of said elongated'bar, situated adjacent an inner side of said front wall and of dimension-to preclude'passage of said end of the supporting member through said slot in the front wall, whereby to provide for limited pivotal movement of said supporting member in a plane parallel to said front wall thus to permit said bar to be moved into and out of engaged relation with said keeper.

ANNAR -F. SYVERUD.

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